House Rules and Skills for Online Character Generator

apocalypse910 · Cadet Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 12

Hi-
I'm working on a online character generator / character management program. It is nearing completion and I was hoping to get a bit of outside input before I finalize the design.

I was wondering what house rules people are using for character creation. I'd like to make the program as flexible as possible so input from anyone using variations on the standard rules would be very helpful.

Thank you very much for your help. I'm sorry for the somewhat vague question- I'd just like to get a general idea of what's out there. I will obviously be making changes and fixes after the program goes live- but if there is anything major the needs to be done I'd like to do it before people start to add characters to the database.

Thanks Again - I really appreciate your input!
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FightingCorsair · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

I tend to move Martial Arts into the DEX category depending on the style of fighting the player wants to emulate.

cheshire · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject:

Yeah, mostly with character creation and such, my house rules don't come into play. It's mostly on ho I do initiative and things of that sort where I start speeding things up with homebrew rules.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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FightingCorsair · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject:

I like the online feature. Being on a Mac means there isn't much out there to help me with things like this in any game system.

ifurin · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 208

well, we have a tendency to combine brawling and brawling parry, melee parry and melee. our other rules don't come into play until the game.

jmanski · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

I like to split climb and jump, as well.
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apocalypse910 · Cadet Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 12

Thank you very much for the help! The program should be able to accommodate all of the rule variations posted so far.

I'm putting the finishing touches on so I should have something live to show within the week. Currently I'm tweaking the print version of the character sheets and patching up some minor security holes (the downside of doing this as a web app).

apocalypse910 · Cadet Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 12

Grr - Beta version is uploaded but the actual character page is crashing due to what appears to be a configuration error on the side of the hosting company. I swear this isn't vaporware, really it isn't!

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apocalypse910 · Cadet Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 12

The beta is up

I made a thread in the tools forum to discuss..
http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2376

The tool currently allows you to enter your skills as you see fit and just auto suggests based on the 'default' list. I may replace or double up on skills that are in contention based on feedback - I'm still trying to figure out the least confusing way to implement it.

Thanks again for your help!

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